diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index f14afc6..184b85c 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
         <revision>0.2.0-</revision>
         <changelist>-SNAPSHOT</changelist>
         <jenkins.version>2.414.3</jenkins.version>
-        <java.version>11</java.version>
+        <java.version>17</java.version>
         <kotlin.version>1.8.21</kotlin.version>
         <kotlin.compiler.incremental>true</kotlin.compiler.incremental>
         <sezpoz.version>1.13</sezpoz.version>
@@ -135,8 +135,8 @@
                 <artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
                 <version>3.11.0</version>
                 <configuration>
-                    <source>11</source>
-                    <target>11</target>
+                    <source>17</source>
+                    <target>17</target>
                 </configuration>
                 <executions>
                     <!-- Replacing default-compile as it is treated specially by maven -->